Things You'll Need
- Medical gloves
- Tweezers
Instructions
Feed the praying mantis often. A properly fed praying mantis will grow and shed at the proper times. These insects should shed about 10 times before the final shed when wings appear. These insects will eat almost any insect.
Allow the praying mantis to shed its own exoskeleton, but if it needs help you can intervene.
Grasp the praying mantis carefully with medical gloves on only if it is having problems shedding on its own. Take tweezers and gently help the mantis remove its exoskeleton by grasping the exoskeleton with the tweezers and gently pulling it off the insect.
Discard the shed exoskeleton.